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The Official Student Opinion and Satire Magazine of UTD
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December Moon Meals
Okaeri offers a wide selection of food, drinks, snacks, and desserts! Here’s what we ordered (prices before student discount – 15% discount with Student ID) Where: 312 N Greenville Ave Suite 100, Richardson, TX 75081 When: Open Mon – Sat 8am – 8pm, and Sunday 10am – 8pm This month we visited Okaeri Cafe, a […]
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Surviving a Pandemic with the Spongebob Musical
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical” first made its premiere in 2016, three years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite it predating this world-changing event, the musical left a scarily accurate portrayal of the pandemic and people’s responses to it. Businesses were figuring out how to thrive during lockdown, doomscrolling became the new trend, and the government […]
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The Best Book-to-Movie Adaptation: Catching Fire
There was a brief time where all movie studios were pumping out book-to-movie adaptations in order to create the next box office smash. Now, the concept of a book being turned into a movie is not groundbreaking by any means. However, in the early 2010s, it seemed that all anyone wanted to do was create […]
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DJ Showcase: Caleb Jenkins
If you were lucky enough to tune in to RadioUTD between 6-9 p.m. on Thursday nights, you may have caught this semester’s most recent addition to the late-night lineup: “The Bookshelf.” Designed by Caleb Jenkins as a reading playlist for those wanting a more relaxed vibe, “The Bookshelf” offers music ranging from indie to ambient […]
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April 2023 Moon Meals: A UTDTV Collab
Sky Rocket Burger The rockets painted on the wall are just the first indicator of the out-of-this-world experience that awaits you in this absolute burger gem. It’s close to campus, nestled away on the corner of Frankford and Coit. Sky Rocket has a vintage diner vibe, brimming with people laughing and filling themselves up on […]
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DJ Showcase: Sai Vaddavalli
All successful ships need a captain – and, in this case, a particularly enjoyable adventure soundtrack. At Radio UTD, this responsibility falls to senior math major and station manager Sai Vaddavalli. On a typical day at Radio, he can be found keeping tabs on every aspect of the station’s operations, from hiring and training new […]
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Everything is a Gacha Game
Everything you know is a part of this gacha game known as life. Specifically, life is a gacha game. Gacha games are video games that implement a specific game mechanic, enticing players to spend in-game currency to gain random in-game items or benefits. Often, these games use the free-to-play model which means players can play […]
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Romance with Ratford
Students ask the esteemed love expert, Ratford the Rat, for advice regarding their wooing woes. Q: Would you rather date Temoc, Enarc, or Tobor? A: Bold of you to assume that any of our beloved mascots/idols aren’t hitched already. Q: What makes you feel the most loved? A: Q: How do we rizz? A: Either […]
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Vote to Make Your Vote Matter
It’s election season! Doesn’t that just make your heart race? What else do young college students look forward to more than seeing their voices be silenced yet again in order to keep the old white men in power? Trust me, I know how tiresome politics can be; I have stopped keeping up with it myself […]
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Dear Men, Your Feminist Writing Sucks
I want to start off by saying that I am a woman, I am a feminist, and I love feminism. I love women being girlbosses. However, I am sick and tired of men patting themselves on the back for writing “feminist” characters without ever having spoken to a woman before. In cartoons, there are two […]
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Shifting Gears: Metal Gear makes peace, not war
Back in ye olde times (by which I mean the year 1973), a notable French director named François Truffaut made an offhand point in the Chicago Tribune, which simultaneously aged like a fine wine yet continues to plague the mind of just about every Stanley Kubrick fan on the planet. Unfortunately, I am one of […]